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Event Code: BOARD-ALL-01
Title: Short Multiplayer Gaming
Players: Any
System: Various
GM: Paul Kondon
Description:

Large variety of board games will be available for play. A non-exhaustive list includes: Puerto Rico, Amun-Re, Power Grid, Traders of Genoa, Princes of Florence, Caylus, Phoenicia, Aqua Romana, Imperial, Evo, Cleopatra and the Society of Architects, La Citta, Shogun (Queen Games), Anno 1503, Domaine, Nautilus, Entdecker, Mesopotamia, Leonardo da Vinci, Tigris & Euphrates, Acquire, Settlers of Catan, Starfares of Catan. Most or all are in the 2-hour range. Rules taught. Bring a few friends, sit down, and have fun!

I'll have a pile of two-player games on hand for those times you have to spare, but can't get a group together. Some titles will include: Catan card game, Starship Catan, Lord of the Rings: Confrontation, Lord of the Rings: the Search, Star Wars: the Queen's Gambit, Age of Napoleon, Memoir '44, Mission Command (Air, Land, Sea). I'll also have Axis & Allies D-Day, Battle of the Bulge and Guadalcanal (those are also dedicated for Saturday). Rules taught.

Try to build the snazziest Casino/Hotel complex on the strip! Bid on the rooms you need to build up your facilities, and try to get the most fame. Bonus points for completed Casino and/or Hotel, connecting the two, having the most income, and arranging the best rooms by each other. Rules taught. Runs all slots (get it?!).

From the PC to the table top. Another classic port from Glenn Drover. Compete to settle the new world, while still exploring the Far East. Use colonists to either settle directly, or specialize them as Merchants (to generate extra income), Captains (improving your chances of exploration) Conquistadors (to convince the natives to surrender their wealth) or Missionaries (to ease the transition to being colonies of Europe). Three scoring rounds, plus bonuses for specialty buildings. Rules taught. Runs every slot.

Excellent port of the classic PC game to the table top. Huge board (3x4 ft) representing the Eastern U.S. during the early age of steam. Players compete to meet demands by building rails and making deliveries (taking a colored "demand" cube to a city which matches it). The longer the run, the more it's worth. Build up your engine to make longer runs. Turn order bidding crucial to take advantange of special cards, granting extra abilities, or getting first crack at special delivery bounties. Rules taught. Runs every slot.

Strike out with your longship and band of adventurers during the Age of the Vikings! Bring goods to trade, raid cities, or settle new Viking colonies. Extra points gained for meeting the goals set out by the three Viking kings in Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Bonus points for the Bloodiest Axe (most cities sacked)! Say your prayers to the gods before leaving, and get Rune cards to help your voyage (or impair your rivals). Rules taught. Runs all slots.

You will have the opportunity to play in any of the games put out by Smirk and Dagger Games. These games include Hex Hex, Hex Hex Next, Run For Your Life Candyman, Cuttthroat Caverns, and Dead Hands Poker.

Some prize support will be awarded as well.

For descriptions of these games, visit Smirk and Dagger's web site at www.smirkanddageer.com

2210 AD. Earth has recovered from innumerable wars, and humanity has had to colonize the oceans and even the moon to make up for the devastation. However, there is still no rest for the weary, and once again shortages of land and energy lead to another war, this time with nukes! Five-turn variant of classic Risk, with commanders, energy (to bid for turn order, purchase commanders and command cards), water colonies, and the moon. Points scored after five turns for territories, continents, and special Colony Influence cards. Rules taught.

Fantasy Flight remake of the Games Workship classic! The King has died without heir. You and up to five other Barons are trying to demonstrate your ability to succeed him. With four Nobles to command your Regular and Mercenary troops, each with special abilities, conquer the independent cities, both in the Realm and overseas, to bring in revenue, but also the important Influence needed to win the people over. That, or conquer enough of the Realm outright, and rule by decree! Unique card-play action sequence, makes turn order variable every turn. Rules taught.

Goa is a boardgame that includes a fun, short auction round and an action round in a development-oriented game that some have said is reminiscent of Puerto Rico. Thematically it is about spices and colonies in Southeast Asia.

And any all Axis & Allies board games can and will run all day Saturday. Axis & Allies (2004 ed), Europe, Pacific, D-Day, Battle of the Bulge, and Guadalcanal. Check in, and play whatever for as long as you want. Rules taught.

This event runs through Slot 5

In honor of a rerelease of the classic game of negotiation and treachery, Diplomacy! Up to seven players representing the Great Powers of WWI (England, France, Germany, Russia, Austria, Italy, Turkey) all try to talk each other into letting them win. No luck, no cards, no dice, no chance. Just the wit and guile of the players. No one can succeed alone, so alliance must be made. But only one can win, so judging who to trust how long, and when is the best time to stab your buddy in the back, is the key to winning. Starts slot 3, will play into slots 4 and 5 as needed. Min. 4.

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3 to 5 players are captains of industry in the young U.S., starting in Virigina, Pennsylvania, Lousiana, Mexico or Quebec. Expand your influence to cash in on the wealth of North America, and pioneer the development of new technologies, from among commerce, entertainment, communication, tranportation, government, and culture. Discover breakthroughs, like Mechanization, Electricity, and Rock and Roll. Weather the great events of history, including the Revolution, Civil War, World Wars, Great Depression, McCarthyism, Cold War, and the IRS! Rules taught.

I will be available to demo games from the Immortal Games line: Conquest of Pangea, Pecking Order, and Terra Nova. I will have at least one copy of each.

Eurogames
Sponsored by Kalamazoo Casual Game Players

Choice of several light to medium eurogames, including:

• Ra
• Pandemic
• Vikings
• Notre Dame
• Galaxy Trucker
• Race for the Galaxy
• The Princes of Florence

Prizes!
Players in all Kalamazoo Casual Game Players events will be entered into a drawing for FREE GAMES, including such titles as Ra, Double or Nothing, Under the Shadow of the Dragon and Hollywood Blockbuster.

About Us
The Kalamazoo Casual Game Players meet every week to play board & card games of all kinds. For more info, check us out on the web or call John at 978-0835

Kalamazoo Casual Game Players
Casual Players. Casual Games.

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Risk, in the Ancient World. Up to five players represent the empires of the past: Egypt, Babylon, Greece, Celts, and Norse. Even Atlantis can be conquered (beware; it may sink into the ocean)! Collect Faith tokens to summon your Gods to help do battle, and invoke their Miracle (cards). Death is not the end, either, as your fallen comrades fight on in the Underworld to capture Altars and Crypts, from which they can rise again! Five to six turns, with turn order bids, and score based upon territories, continents, Temples, Altars and Crypts. Rules taught.

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Players represent the Spanish Catholics, Protestants, Austrian Hapsburgs, Dutch Burghers, or Nobility, all vying for a place in the Netherlands during the Reformation. Each has different goals, but the same mechanics (including town and province control, military presence, and manipulation of city loyalties. Experience preferred.

Relive human history from the first Settlements in Sumeria and Egypt through WWI. Seven turns, each an Epoch, and each player gets a new random empire to rise up, possibly conquering those that came before, and trying to make its mark. Cumulative scoring system counts past Epochs as well as new conquests. Rules taught. Hasbro edition.

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Great remake of a classic game. Players control several factions during 500+ years of British history, from the invasion by the Emporer Claudius, through the Anglo-Saxon period, the Viking raids, and finally the conquest of William of Normandy. Each faction has its own ways of scoring (usually conflicting with one or more players), and each players position will ebb and flow with each new invasion. Rules taught. Starts Slot 6, and will run into Slot 7 if necessary.

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